2010-01-19, 01:57 PM
I use my Private Server in Localhost when I'm bored.
I use it to try out high-level characters, scrolling, and other features, but I also like to make new maps, etc. It often is quite entertaining.
Though, the lack of the features of Private Servers really is HUGE. The main problem are scripts. Many great things like PQs, nice quests and other stuff are server-sided in the official MapleStory, making it impossible for them to work in Private Servers, if not coded. Many of them really are complex to code, therefore many private servers don't have them. It's one of the features which obviously Private Servers lack, and one of the most important differences between private servers and GMS, and that's why I'd never quit the official servers for private ones.
If the official server files were somehow leaked (which is almost impossible, even for the most experienced hacker in this world), Private Servers became indentical as GMS and someone found a way to constantly update the server files after each GMS update (?), I wouldn't probably even think about it twice before quitting lolGMS. The company overall sucks, and they've shown us that all they care about mostly is money, like any other company. Only difference is, they care less about players than most of the companies.
Right now, though, Private Servers mostly suck. They lack many and many features which GMS has, without counting that nobody is still able to make a localhost for the newest versions, as it got harder and harder after they started packing it with Themida and implemented the IP check.
I use it to try out high-level characters, scrolling, and other features, but I also like to make new maps, etc. It often is quite entertaining.
Though, the lack of the features of Private Servers really is HUGE. The main problem are scripts. Many great things like PQs, nice quests and other stuff are server-sided in the official MapleStory, making it impossible for them to work in Private Servers, if not coded. Many of them really are complex to code, therefore many private servers don't have them. It's one of the features which obviously Private Servers lack, and one of the most important differences between private servers and GMS, and that's why I'd never quit the official servers for private ones.
If the official server files were somehow leaked (which is almost impossible, even for the most experienced hacker in this world), Private Servers became indentical as GMS and someone found a way to constantly update the server files after each GMS update (?), I wouldn't probably even think about it twice before quitting lolGMS. The company overall sucks, and they've shown us that all they care about mostly is money, like any other company. Only difference is, they care less about players than most of the companies.
Right now, though, Private Servers mostly suck. They lack many and many features which GMS has, without counting that nobody is still able to make a localhost for the newest versions, as it got harder and harder after they started packing it with Themida and implemented the IP check.